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Travel to the Philippines

Friday, July 7, 2006 @ 2:43 pm by Sofie Hofmann
Posted in: Daily Random, Philippines, Tourism, Videos

Biyahe Tayo! Let’s travel to the Philippines. I have seen this video several months ago and I kept on bumping into it again and again. I actually have seen it a few times already. As I was looking for some videos about the Philippines at YouTube, I saw a shorter version of this video with English subtitles.

Original Version

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Downtown Jazz in Weggis

Thursday, June 15, 2006 @ 11:32 pm by Sofie Hofmann
Posted in: Daily Random, Events, Photography, Switzerland, Tourism, Weggis

If there’s Downtown Jazz in Weggis, we normally don’t miss it. We really see to it that we go there, eat some burgers or sausauges and simply listen to the music. Enjoy and relax!

Bourbon Street Jazz Band

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Brazilian Fever in Weggis

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 @ 11:51 pm by Sofie Hofmann
Posted in: Daily Random, Events, Photography, Sports, Switzerland, Tourism, Weggis

Brazilian Football Fever in Weggis! The Brazilian National Soccer Team came to Weggis for its training before going to Germany for the World Cup which will start on June 09, 2006. The Brazilian football stars arrived in Weggis on May 22, 2006 and they will be here until June 03, 2006. Brazil, the defending champion, 5 times world champion, as they say, is the number 1 and the best in the world.

The Football Arena in Weggis

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Bugang, One of RP’s Best New Tourist Destinations

Thursday, March 9, 2006 @ 5:25 pm by Sofie Hofmann
Posted in: Antique, Daily Random, Environment, Pandan, Philippines, Tourism

I just got some good news. Bugang was nominated as one of the Philippines’ 9 Best New Tourist Destinations. So I updated Pandan.gov.ph right away, the Official Website of the Municipality of Pandan, Antique, Philippines. This article can be redistributed so I just copied and pasted parts of the article here. I will post this too at Friendster, Hi5, Yahoo Groups, among others.

Bugang, Hiyas ng Turismo 2006 Finalist

Bugang, One of the Philippines’ 9 Best New Tourist Destinations

March 09, 2006 - Bugang River of Pandan, Antique in Panay Island of the Visayas Region (Region VI) is one of the nine (9) finalists in a nationwide search for new and undiscovered tourist destinations dubbed as “Hiyas ng Turismo 2006″.

The search for the country’s best new destination was launched last year by the Women in Travel Manila and the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT).

You can help Bugang River to win “Hiyas ng Turismo 2006″ and become the Philippines’ best new tourist destination by sending your votes. To vote, just text: HIYAS(space)VOTE(space)BUGANG and send it to 2308 for Globe, 2951 for Smart and 2315 for Sun Cellular subscribers. Voting period is until March 16, 2006.

Text votes will comprise 30 percent of the total score and the remaining 70 percent will be coming from the national judges. Final judging will be on March 17, 2006 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at the the Department of Tourism Auditorium. Awarding ceremony will be on March 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pasay City, Philipines.

Read more at the Official Website of the Municipality of Pandan, Antique, Philippines
dated March 09, 2006, Thursday
URL: http://www.pandan.gov.ph/news/flash/2006_03_09march2006.html

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